Pierre-Benoist Varoclier

PierreBenoist Varoclier born 30 April 1983 in Fontainebleau France is a French actor and theatre director He made his film debut as a child in Volker Schlöndorffs The Ogre 1996 Varoclier first studied economics and philosophy in business school at École Normale Supérieure at Harvard University and at Bristol University He began his career as an auditor in a large American firm but chose not to pursue this career path Consequently he trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art LAMDA Class of 2008 and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur dArt Dramatique CNSAD Class of 2009 in Paris Varoclier was elected Talent Cannes in 2012 at the Cannes Film Festival Former junior chess champion Varoclier started competing at the age of 8 as a young prodigy often winning over experienced adult players He won interclub tournaments then junior tournaments in parisian districts in 1991 and 1992 as well as two junior titles in Brussels in 1993 and in Prague in 1994 He belongs to the generation of future French international grandmaster Étienne Bacrot hence he faced him 4 times winning only once though He stopped competing at the end of 1994 age 11 the year of his best Elo ranking 2179 ranked 173rd worldwide at the time Source Article PierreBenoist Varoclier from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA